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ASAHEL- W. WASHBURN, OF YAZOO CITY,y MISSISSIPPI.

Letters .Patent No. 68,333, dated August 27, l1867. i Y

VAGINAL SYBINGE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ASAHEL W. WASHBURN, of Y'azoo City, in the county of Yazoo, and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful improvement in the class of syringes that are used exclusivelyby females, and by which I produce what may be termed an Improved Vagina-Syringe. I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of my said improvement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a portion of this specieation. v i

Figure 1 is a: side vierv of an elastic-bulb syringe, converted into an exclusively lvagina-syringe by my said improvement.

Figure 2 is a side view of the Acommon 'vagina-syringe, after it has been changed to an improved vagina'- syringe by the addition thereto of my said improvement.

Figure 3 is a side view of the ordinary piston-syringe, after it has been changed to an improved vaginasyringe by the combination therewith of my said improvement. l

Figure 4 is afront view of the entering head of my improved vagina-syringe, and

Figure 5, a section in the line :c z of iig. 4.

In the use of the present forms of vagina-syringes, the mere injection of water, or of any detergent solution, will not entirely remove all the viscid and sometimes very irritating matter that adheres tothe sides of the vagina, vespecially near its inner extremity, and about the mouthof the uterus, and vivhich is the cause of inammation and much female suiiering. A

My improved vagina-syringe has a peculiarly shaped entering head, c', the said head being of such a shape that, after'the properamount of uid has been injected through the same into the-vagina, the withdrawal of the syringe therefrom will cause its peculiar-shaped head to remove all the viscid andirritating matter that may adhere to the sides of the vagina, and leave it perfectly clean.

l' My saidimprovement consists in an enlargement of the immediately entering head of a syringe to such an extent as to form a projecting annular ange, c, of suiieient diameter toproduce the before-described cleansing ctect, when my said improvedvvagina-syringe is withdrawn fromvthe'vagina;

I do not intend to limit myself to the exact shape of the heads of the syringes representedin the accompanying drawings; my invention consisting insuch an enlargement of the immediate' entering head of a syringe as will produce an annular flange projecting the desired distance beyond the barrel or conducting tube of the syringe, whilst the said enlarged head is'oi` such a shape as will enable it to readily enter the vagina. The periphery ot' the flange produced by the enlargement of. the immediate entering head of my improved syringe must have a dull edge, and must be made so perfectly smooth that it cannot in any case cause injury to the vagina of the user of the syringe. To prevent oxidation, the entering portion of the syringe should be made of White metal. If'made of any oxidable metal, the said portion of the syringe should be silvered. fr@

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The enlargement of the immediate entering 'head of a syringe to such an extent as to produce an annui-ar flange, radiating the desired distance beyond the barrel or conducting tube of the same, and thereby producing the improved vagina-syringe herein represented and described, or any other which shallV be substantially the same.

` A. W. WASHBURN. Witnesses: i

Z. C. Romains, W. E. HOWARD. 

